William r



lW. R. LEB.

(No Model.)

PLOW.

Patented June 1892.

lia-476,802.

UNrTEn STATES PATENT OEEicE@ VILLIAM R. LEE, OF NELSONVILLE, TEXAS.

* PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,802, dated June 14, 1892. Application filed August 25, 1891. Serial No. 403,686. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nelsonville, in the county of Austin and State of Texas, have invented la new and useful Plow, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in plows; and the objects in view are, first, to provide a plow adapted to be used in connection with either single or double sweeps and to facilitate the application and removal of either thereof, and, furthermore, to provide means for steadying the plow during operation.

Other objects andadvantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a plow constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail in enlarged perspective of the shoe audits supportirig-standard. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.

Like numerals of reference indicate like Y parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the drawings, l designates the plowbeams, which are connected at theirfront ends by suitable bolts and diverge toward their rear ends. Handles 2 are bolted to the sides of the beams, extend up and in rear of the same, and are supported by suitable braces 3, bolted to the handles and beams.

The rear ends of the beams 1 are provided with transverse open recesses 4, and in the saine is mounted a transverse rod 5,the same being provided at opposite sides of the two beams with clamping-nuts 6. In rear of the rod 5 bolts 7 are passed transversely or vertically through the beams and through the slots 4, so that said rod is confined at the inner ends of the slots, and by removing the bolts 7 said rods may also be removed or withdrawn rearwardly from the slots. Upon the rod 5 are niounted'the plow-standards 8, the same being located at opposite sides of one of the beams 1 and clamped in position by the nuts 6. Each standard is provided with a series of perforations 9 near its upper end, through any one of which the rod 5 may be passed.

There a single shovel is employed the rod 5 is necessarily shorter than where two shovhung an eyebolt 11, the rear end of which is4 threaded and passed through the standard 8V and provided with nuts l2, adapted to clamp at opposite sides of the standard.

13 designates a triangular brace or standard formed of bar-iron and at its upper end perforated, as at 14, and bolted adj ustably, as at 15, to the rear edge of the standard S. The lowerbranch orbraceof the triangle extends inwardly toward thefoot of the standard 8` and is then curved upwardly, as at 16, and at its extremity bolted, as at 17, to the foot of the standard by means of the heel-bolt.

18 designates a steel runner, the front end of which is upwardly curved or bent, as at 19.

The runner is applied to theY under side or base of the triangular standard or brace 13, and is secured in position by bolts 20,.pass ing through the runner and brace, the front bent end of said runner being seated in the curved portion 16 of the brace, as shown. By means of this runner attachment the sweeps or shovels are steadied during operation and their depth of penetration regulated `by a proper manipulation of the bolts 14 and 17, which latter passes through a slot 21, formed in the brace, and hence permits of an adjustment of the lower end of the latter.

By reason of the bending at the lower front end of the triangular brace a spring-like counection is formed between the said front end and the plow-standard, and hence the strain of the connecting-bolt between the standard and brace, and, in fact, of the brace itself, is greatly relieved.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The diverging plow-beams having their rear ends provided' with open recessesl or notches, combined with the rod passed therethrough and having nuts at opposite sides of By adjusting ,the standards IOO the steel shoe 1S, and the bolts 20, passing through the saine and the' base ofthe brace, the shoe at its front end upwardly bent, as at 19, into the curved portion of the brace, substantially as specied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myown I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. LEE.

Witnesses:

v RUFFUS T. LEE,

HENRY MATTHEWS. 

